Rachel Morin's mom shares the detective's advice that kept her going before her daughter's killer was caught

For 8 months, Patty Morin disquieted her daughter's slayer mightiness ne'er beryllium caught — past a detective pulled her speech and said thing that changed her perspective.

Two months later, Victor Martinez-Hernandez was successful custody.

Now, 16 weeks into the Nancy Guthrie investigation, Morin has the aforesaid connection for different household facing agonizing uncertainty.

"Four months and they person thing — they person thing that they've shared with us," said Morin, the ma of Maryland parent of 5 Rachel Morin. "It doesn't mean that they don't person anything, particularly if they're moving with aggregate agencies."

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A photograph of Nancy Guthrie is displayed connected a motion wherever radical tin permission messages successful Tucson, Ariz., connected Feb. 26, 2026. Law enforcement officials proceed to hunt for Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of writer and tv big Savannah Guthrie, aft she went missing from her location connected Feb. 1. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Her 37-year-old girl was killed connected a Maryland moving way by a antheral who fled his autochthonal state of El Salvador portion suspected of sidesplitting different woman.

He went connected to allegedly rape different parent and her 9-year-old girl successful a California location invasion, leaving a DNA trail. Police yet captured him astatine a barroom successful Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Rachel Morin was dragged disconnected a hiking way and murdered connected Aug. 5, 2023. (Family Handout)

Monday marked 4 months since Guthrie's unsolved abduction. She is the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, and determination person been nary publically identified suspects.

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For Morin, 2 months earlier constabulary announced a fishy and an arrest, she said the pb detective softly inspired assurance erstwhile helium pulled her aside.

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Speaking astatine a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Patty Morin holds a representation of her daughter, Rachel, who was killed by an amerciable migrant successful Maryland successful 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images)

"By the clip it was 8 months, we had radical saying it was a acold case, and I had networks and associations that wanted to bash documentaries connected this acold lawsuit and springiness her each that benignant of stuff," she said. "And for him to conscionable say, 'I recognize however you're feeling, but conscionable person hope. Don't fto your emotions get carried distant with you' — it was truly encouraging."

From that moment, she said, erstwhile she didn't person the answers she wanted, she repeated the enactment to herself.

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Two photos of the fishy captured connected Nancy Guthrie's structure were taken connected antithetic days, a root acquainted with the substance told Fox News Digital. (FBI)

"I conscionable request to spot the process and person hope, and fortunate for our family, we person an astonishing sheriff's department," she said. "Everyone that worked connected the case, it was aggregate agencies, they treated our household similar we were their family."

Now, she's offering that aforesaid proposal to the Guthrie family.

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"Just person hope," she said. "I mean, the process is long. It takes, sometimes it takes up to a twelvemonth to person DNA returned backmost to you."

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Investigators are moving connected astatine slightest 2 DNA samples connected to the Guthrie case, though it's unclear whether either volition pb them to a suspect. There is simply a mixed sample, which Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said is analyzable to untangle, arsenic good arsenic a hairsbreadth illustration that was transferred from a backstage laboratory successful Florida to the FBI past month.

Law enforcement and quality broadcasters are stationed extracurricular Nancy Guthrie's residence successful Tucson, Ariz., connected Feb. 10, 2026, arsenic searches proceed for the 84-year-old parent of writer Savannah Guthrie. Possible abductors acceptable a ransom deadline of 5 p.m. connected Feb. 9 for a $6 cardinal outgo aft she went missing connected Feb. 1. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Separately, sources with cognition of the probe told Fox News Digital past week that the FBI is moving connected bringing caller exertion into the investigation, which has already seen the usage of a state-of-the-art Bluetooth awesome detector and the groundbreaking betterment of surveillance video from a missing Nest doorbell camera.

There is simply a combined reward of implicit $1.2 cardinal for accusation that cracks the case.

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Anyone with accusation is asked to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI. Anonymous tips tin beryllium called into Tucson's 88-Crime hotline astatine 1-520-882-7463.

"I would accidental nary tip, thing is excessively tiny to stock and you ne'er cognize if that's the small linchpin that holds each the worldly together," Morin told Fox News Digital.